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It’s almost March and that means Massachusetts Maple Month! Come celebrate this sweet season with a visit to a local sugar house, like Ioka Valley Farm!

The Maple sugaring season in Massachusetts is a short one, typically running from mid-February to mid-March. This is the time when temperatures rise enough for the sugar maple sap to flow.

Sugarmakers collect the sap with taps and buckets, then boil it down in their sugarhouses to make pure and delicious Massachusetts maple. The sweet and seductive scent of maple from their operations is a wonderful part of the season. Come experience it during Massachusetts Maple Month!

You may be forgiven for being a little skeptical of what I’m about to tell you, if you’re one of the many who is currently hip-deep in snow, but spring really is just right around the corner and with it: Maple Sugaring Time!

If you’re scratching your head at that, it’s clear you are not from this part of the country because, up here, everyone knows about sugaring time. It’s a major, seasonal event in this part of the United States!